"An important message, November 2023," a prayer-poem in the form of a shipping notice by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

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Date: 2023-11-23

Last Updated: 2024-06-01

Categories: After the Aliyot, Addenda

Tags: 2023 Israel–Hamas war, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Compassion, empathy, English vernacular prayer, parochial empathy, Prayers as poems, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, שפע shefa

Excerpt: "An important message, November 2023" is a shipping notice from God and a meditation on parochial empathy. . . .


Content:

NOTICE

To: full distribution list
November 2023

To our dear patrons:

You are receiving this notice because you ordered an Israel / Palestine empathy kit.

Many of our patrons reported receiving only a single portion of empathy about Israel / Palestine.
Upon investigation, we have learned that in fact they only took one portion out of the shipping container.

As a reminder, all empathy kits related to conflicts come in two portions or more.
You should have received:
   • Empathy for Israelis and Jews
   • Empathy for Palestinians and Muslims

Of course, this package is only effective if you already have our Self-Empathy core starter set.

Our Israel / Palestine empathy kit is also available as part of a liberation combo set.
It will be automatically included if you order any of the following:
   • Recovering from white supremacy and Christian hegemony
   • Descendants of Sarah and Hagar
   • Palestinian liberation
   • Jewish liberation
   • Working for world peace

We recognize that there are significant shipping delays for empathy in regions that are actively at war.
If this includes you, you may need to simply rely on your self-empathy kit for the time being,
and make sure to share it with family members and neighbors.
(All empathy kits are self-refilling.)

If you are living outside of such regions, please check your shipping container carefully.

Common side effects of taking just one portion of empathy include:
racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, arrogance, impatience, and lack of humor.

Do not hesitate to reach out with any additional questions, concerns or praise.

Sincerely,

The shipping and healing department
at
God


(as received and recorded by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit)

 

Contributor: Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

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Featured Image:
Illustration from Sefer Shefa Tal
Title: Illustration from Sefer Shefa Tal
Caption: La bendición de los sacerdotes judíos tal como se descifra en un texto del siglo XVII llamado Sefer Shefa' tal -- Rabbi Shabtai Sheftel ben Akiva Horowitz (1565-1619).